Water Use and Stress
Have questions or teaching about Water Access, Resources & Sanitation? All the info & interactive maps you could ever want and more. Easy to search infographics that reveal human impacts on the water cycle.
ESS3C: HUMAN IMPACTS ON EARTH SYSTEMS
Water footprint Calculators
The Water Footprint Assessment Tool is a free online web application that provides clear insight into how water is appropriated for human uses and the impacts resulting from those uses.
Google Earth Timelapse
Have humans changed the Earth? Timelapse any place on Earth! Show Glaciers, lakes lowering, population growth Including your own hometown! @googleearth
World Population History
Need a way to show students how population growth has occurred? This interactive map shows the changes in population alongside while providing context of important milestones of human impacts along the way.
Population Pyramids of the World from 1950 to 2100
Make population pyramids to understanding changes in populations in countries around the world.
Light pollution map
Interactive world light pollution map. The map uses NASA VIIRS, World Atlas 2015, Aurora prediction, observatories, clouds and SQM/SQC overlay contributed by users.
Factors that Affect Air Quality - High-Adventure Science Interactive
How do wind, rain and solar radiation affect air quality? How might some methods of reducing emissions affect air quality? Click the play button to start the model, adjust the sliders to create different conditions and look at how each variable changes the air quality index over time.
Movement of Pollutants - High-Adventure Science Interactive
Can you place power plants so all three cities have good air quality at the same time when the wind is blowing from any direction? Investigate how mountains and wind direction affect air quality.
Our World in Data
Research and data to make progress against the world’s largest problems